The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-04-28
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

Movements Of InteFest In the 1e1ls1oug
world Aome end Abroad.
The English wesleyans are talking q
celebrstine the centenary of John wes1syS
death, which took place on March = 15e1.
The evil Baptists Of America 70
port @,623 members, IN increaee during TIE
year Of 4.ooo; l.54s churches, and ~ ordained
ministers.
The receipts Of the American Board
Of Missions are nearly e50,OOO less for the Arst
six months of its current hscal year than for
the same time the preceding year.
There are sixteen Lutheran bodies In
this country, with about 1850 congregations
Four of these are large synods, and twelve ~.
erage less than 800 churches each.
The Church Of England received last
year in voluntary offerings es,9 $50 for the
building and restoration Of churches and par
sonages and the endowment Of benefces.
The Presbytery of Alaska covers
wide territory. At its recent meeting one
order to be present. Another had to be six
weeks from home. The meeting was ct Fort
Wrangell.
The Adcance says: ut will be q sur.
prise to some to learn that there are within the
United States as many as sixty-four tribes Of
Indians, embracing 6s, 900 persons, who are still
without missionary. OF these 1900 are
Navajo and other Apaches Of New Mexico and
Arizona.
With the last 100 years the number Of
translations of the Word has increased from 80
to ESQ; the number of Protestant missionary
societies, from to 100; Of male missionaries,
from ITO to 1900; contributions have increased
from $780, 900 to slo.oooOoo; the number Of oon-
verts from $1,000 to 100000; mission schools,
from 70 to above 14,000.
The Central Mission Sunday-school of
Chicago is, according to the Tribune Of that
city, the largest one in Christendom, having on
it's roll over $500 names, and the average at
tendance being over 1900. This Sunday school
is taught like no other Sunday-school In the
universe. There are no teachers and classes in
the ordinary sense; the whole school fs one big
class, and its teacher is Mr.. Holmes.
The Catholics of France are solving
the educational question their own way. The
government withdrew from the. theological
faculties of the Catholic Church all financial
aid, and the latter thereupon at once began to
establish universities of their own, over which
they could have absolute control. In the last
ten years no less than Ave such schools have
been organized, and all are in good working
order.
The whole Protestant world is now en-.
gagged in missionary work. the United States r.
valng Great Britain, while Germany spends
nearly flDOOO a year on the object, and Finland
has mission of her own, we presume among
the Es1uimaux. The societies have established
native churches all over the world, which now
number 100000 communicates. and, of course,
a vnst multitude of children who will be
brought up in the Christian faith.
A movement is on foot throughout the
| Catholic world to make a magnificent money
| present to Pope XIII on the occasion Of hie
golden jubilee. Italy mas already subscribed
| *35,OOO, mostly in penny contributions. Naples
| is to send throne of gold; the Circulo di st.
Luigi, of Mian magnificent gold pen, and
the officers of the Pontifical Guards are pre-
| pairing a massive inkstand in gold and silver Of
Renaissance style, surmounted by the statue
of the archangel Michael.